Answer:
The flow of energy in ecosystems is unidirectional or one-way.
Explanation:
Energy is the ability to do work. Energy flows in one direction in an ecosystem and is not recycled. This is because during the transfer of energy from one level to another, energy is lost. Most of the energy received from the sun by producers, plants, is lost as heat to the surroundings. The rest energy is converted by plants to produce food in the form of chemical energy.
Primary consumers feed on plants and secondary consumers feed on the primary consumers and so on up to quaternary consumers. However, at each level of energy transfer, some energy is lost as heat during respiration, some as unused or undigested materials, while some others are used for each organisms metabolic activities. About 90% of energy in a trophic is used at that trophic level. Therefore, only about 10% as much energy is available to organisms at each successive trophic level. Therefore, energy is not recycled in ecosystems.
Earth's atmosphere maintains its temperature by means of the earth's energy balance. This refers to how incoming from the sun and outgoing energy from the earth are in balance, thereby keeping earth's temperature constant.
Decomposers, are organisms such as bacteria, fungi, and small animals such as ants and worms that eat and decompose dead and waste organic matter and which recycle nutrients back into food chains making them available for plants use. Therefore, decomposers are an essential components of all ecosystems.
Serial Monogamy is the behavior n mating in which one male breeds with a female for a certain period of time and then finds a different mate the following mating season. It is defined as a succession of short monogamous relationships or <span>the practice of having a number of long-term romantic or sexual partners in succession.</span>
All of the chemical reactions in an organism required to sustain life
Answer:
Option C
Explanation:
Please see the image attached
In this image we can see that the Primate A is waking through the tree by using all its four limbs i.e rear and front limbs. Such primates have Arboreal quadrupedalism. Their hand and feet bend towards the direction of the curve of the support. They have long lever arms which provide gear ratio for grasping and greater leaping distance. However, their feet are also able to grasp.
Option C is correct
Answer: A. The genes encode resistance to antibiotics.
D. The genes are carried on plasmids
F. The "clock"genes are highly mobile between species.
Explanation:
Molecular clock is a tool that is used to calculate the time of the evolutionary events. These are the gene sequences that are used to determine the evolutionary distance between the new and primitive organisms developed on earth. It also measures the random changes just like mutation. Thus the molecular clock is also called as the gene clock or evolutionary clock.
The accuracy of the molecular clock can be increased by the genes that encode for a resistance against the antibiotics, the genes that are carried on the plasmids and the clock genes which are highly mobile among the species.
